So much for Authenticity! A good chuckle, for me anyway.

ElKevvo

I was poking around eBay trying to get an idea of what my various Silver Proof Sets would bring and ran across an auction that had ended for a 1959 proof set that was in an interesting folder and came with a COA. The photo showed the correct coins but boy the COA missed the mark by about 6 years not to mention the composition of the half dollar! Being detailed oriented is a necessary quality to be a successful numismatist IMO but evidently not a 'Director of Numismatics'!!

K

Treashunt

A very professional organization

P0CKETCHANGE

@ElKevvo said:
Being detailed oriented is a necessary quality to be a successful numismatist IMO but evidently not a 'Director of Numismatics'!!

Perhaps you should contact Arthur and let him know about his egregious error?

http://www.arthurblumenthal.com/contact-us/

ElKevvo

@P0CKETCHANGE said:

Perhaps you should contact Arthur and let him know about his egregious error?

Thanks and I did send him an email via the link you provided. With his experience he is definitely well qualified to be a 'Director of Numismatics' but oversights like that can chip away at ones reputation even if the person is not directly responsible for the content.

K

ricko

Obvious error on the COA, were the coins actually 1959? Cheers, RickO

ElKevvo

@ricko said:
Obvious error on the COA, were the coins actually 1959? Cheers, RickO

Yeah it was a 1959 Proof Set still in the cello. So I sent an email to Mr. Blumentahl and he answered me back...he thinks the cert was something done after he was no longer consulting with the issuer. Makes sense...

K